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COLUMBIAN COLLEGE 



DISTRICT or COLUMBIA. 



WASHINGTON: 

PRINTED BY E. A. WATERS. 

1856. 



COLUMBIAN COLLEGE 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



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WASHINGTON: 

PRINTED BY R. A. WATERS. 
1856. 



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MKBlircitovi, M. C, ./i 

That. 

is admitted a Member of the Columbian College. 

President. 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of The 
Columbian College in the District of Columbia, on 
the 21st of August, 1856, the following code of Laws 
for the internal government of the College was passed 
unanimously. 

JAMES L. EDWARDS, President. 
Samuel C. Smoot, Secretary. 



COLUMBIAN COLLEGE. 



The Trustees of the College are deeply anxious to meet the 
responsibilities which have been imposed upon them by the friends 
and patrons of the Institution. They are impressed with the fact 
that the College was originated and endowed, and that it has thus 
far been supported, for no selfish purposes ; that those, who have 
gratuitously given their funds to the Institution, have done so for 
the expressed purpose of promoting sound learning, with true 
morality and religion, and of thus aiding to secure the best inter- 
ests, individual and collective, of our free and happy country. 
They have carefully considered, after many years of experience, 
the reasons for, and the objections against, special " College Rules." 
They have tried, at different times, and under various circumstan- 
ces, how far the object of the Institution could be secured by 
merely general principles for conduct, and by an appeal simply to 
the duty, the honor, and the future interests of young men, and 
they are forced to the conclusion that the happiness and welfare 
of the students, and the best interests of the College, alike re- 
quire that whatever is necessary to those ends should be clearly 
and definitely stated ; and that they should be enforced by the ap- 
plication of principles, similar to those which are felt in the other 
relations of life. They now, therefore, present such a system of 
Regulations as they believe will, at once, approve itself to the un- 
derstanding of the students, accelerate the progress of their edu- 
cation, effectually guard their morals, and, at the same time, im- 
part confidence to their parents and guardians, and to the friends 
and supporters of the College. The general principle of the Col- 
lege government is paternal. No student will be publicly expelled 
except for some prominent offence, where the reputation of the 
College demands it. So the officers will not feel themselves re- 
quired to arraign and prove charges ; but whenever, in the opinion 



of the Faculty, (for the Trustees never intend to retain a Faculty 
in whose integrity and good judgment the parents and the students 
may not alike confide.) a young man's residence in the College is 
no longer advantageous to himself and to the Institution, he will 
be required to leave. 

The College, though endowed and sustained chiefly by a particu- 
lar body of Christians, recognizes, in relation to the worship of 
God, no sectarian principle. The Board of Trustees and the Fac- 
ulty are composed of those representing different Christian com- 
munions. It is distinctly understood to be decidedly a Christian 
Institution in all its influences ; but it proposes to secure the highest 
religious ends, rather than the peculiarities of any single denomi- 
nation. It requires all students to attend some particular place 
of public worship on the Sabbath, and on Sabbath night to attend 
religious service at the College Chapel, when such service is ap- 
pointed ; but the student may regularly attend any other place of 
public worship on the Sabbath day, if that be the expressed wish 
of the parent or guardian ; and occasionally any student, by per- 
mission of the President, may, at night, leave the College service 
to attend other places of worship. The Trustees, however, earn- 
estly recommend great caution in using this liberty. Where there 
are no immediate relatives residing in the city, with whom the stu- 
dent may spend the intervals of divine service, some oversight 
should be secured, or the day sacred to religious purposes may be 
converted into a season of folly and crime. 

So, also, visits to the city should be requested as rarely as pos- 
sible ; for, when frequent, they are obviously unfavorable to those 
habits of studiousness, sobriety and good order, which form the 
surest presage of future eminence. 

The Trustees cannot too strongly express their conviction of the 
impropriety of allowing much pocket-money to students. It is 
subversive of every object for which they are in College. It is 
deliberatively believed that too much spending-money does more 
injury to Colleges and to the morals and studies of the young 
men, than all other causes. Parents are therefore entreated not 
to supply their sons with the means and the inducements to inflict 
the greatest injury upon themselves and upon the Institution. 



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It is hoped tliat young gentlemen, who resort to this Institution 
for an education, will remember how largely their own happiness 
and future interests depend upon these regulations. They may 
appear minute and numerous, and, when viewed only in relation 
to an individual or a small number of persons, unnecessary ; but 
what is of trifling consequence in one or in a few, creates insup- 
portable disorder, and undermines all diligence in study, and all 
propriety in morals, when freely allowed among a large number 
of persons. These laws are, therefore, necessary for the protection 
of the students ; they have an hundred-fold more at stake than either 
parents or instructors. They will not, it is hoped, forget that the 
highest attainments they may reach are emphatically for them- 
selves, and that the restraints of College are essential to much 
success in study ; that great proficiency is secured only by corres- 
ponding sacrifices. They will remember that these restraints are but 
for a brief period, and are entirely compatible with every sentiment 
of honor and manly feeling. Certainly it should never be forgot- 
ten by the student, the parent, the teacher and the Trustee alike, 
that, in the majority of instances, the character and the reputation 
which a young man forms or sustains in College, will follow him 
through life, and decide for him his position and condition. 

The Trustees, therefore, with confidence appeal to the parties 
more immediately concerned. They rely upon the Faculty of the 
College not only for the proper instruction in literature and sci- 
ence, but for the practical application of all regulations necessary 
to promote the best interests of the students and of the College ; 
they rely largely upon the co-operation of parents and guardians, 
fully to support the Faculty in their often difiicult duties ; and 
they especially commend to the young men themselves that cheer- 
ful and manly support of good order and diligence so essential to 
their own welfare. 



LAWS, &c. 



CHAPTER I. 



ms flf t|e College. 



The President, Professors, and Tutors, sliall constitute the 
Faculty of the College. 

They shall, in their various departments, faithfully instruct the 
students of the College, and use all proper means to promote their 
diligence and improvement. 

It shall be their duty to execute the laws of the College ; to re- 
prove, or otherwise punish, such oifences as may arise under them, 
or any misdemeanors which may not in these laws be specifically re- 
cognized, at the same time maintaining that kind of government 
which shall be wholly moral and paternal. 

The exemplary discharge of social and religious duties is re- 
quired of them. 

They shall determine the times and number of recitations. 

They shall appoint a Secretary from among themselves, who 
shall record their proceedings. 

The Faculty shall assign to the students their several rooms, 
and inform the Registrar of the same, at the opening of each 
term, on the arrival of any student, whenever they shall change 
the room of any student, when any student shall be dismissed, and 
when any student shall have leave of absence for more than a 
week, that in all cases proper entries may be made in the Regis- 
trar's books. 

Any member of the Faculty may enter the room of any student, 
at pleasure, and some member of the Faculty shall visit the room 
of each student, as often as shall be deemed expedient. 

No officer of the College shall accept any office or engage in 
any employment incompatible with the efficient discharge of his 
duties in the Institution. 

The Faculty shall always be considered reponsible to the Board 
of Trustees for their proceedings. 



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CHAPTER II. 




The general superintendence of the government and reputation 
of the College is committed to the President. 

He shall annually report to the Trustees the condition of the 
College, and at any time make such suggestions as he may think 
needed to promote its interests. 

He shall provide that daily worship be maintained in the Col- 
lege. 

It is his right at all times to attend the recitation of any of the 
classes. 

He shall personally superintend such branches of instruction, 
as, in his judgment, the welfare of the Institution shall require, or 
as shall be assigned him by the Trustees. 

He shall preside at the meetings of the Faculty, at Examina- 
tions and Commencements, and shall confer the Degrees. 

He shall have authority, whenever he shall judge it expedient, 
to call a meeting of the Faculty, in whose determinations his con- 
currence shall be necessary ; and, in cases of exemplary discipline, 
he shall administer their decisions. 

When the President shall be absent, any two members of the 
Faculty shall have power to call a meeting, at which meeting the 
chair shall be filled by a Professor, at the discretion of the mem- 
bers present. 

Whenever, in the death or resignation of the President, it shall 
be deemed necessary for the interest of the Institution that his 
duties and prerogatives be exercised by another member of the 
Faculty, they shall devolve, pro tempore, upon such Professor as 
the Board of Trustees, or their Superintending Committee, shall 
appoint for that purpose. 




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CHAPTER III. 



B. 



It shall be the duty of every Professor to conduct the exercises 
of the students in those departments of learning which shall be 
embraced in his professorship, and to aid in the government of the 
Institution, that all its regulations may be observed. 

It shall be the duty of the Tutors to instruct such classes, and 
to hear such recitations, as the President and Professors shall di- 
rect ; frequently to visit the rooms of the students ; and to pre- 
sent to the Faculty all cases of insubordination, delinquency, or 
breach of the laws. 

The Professors and Tutors, at the College tables, shall assign 
to each student his place at the table, ask a blessing or call upon 
some one to do so, and see that the regulations of the dining hall 
are observed ; and any one of them, or, in their absence, the Reg- 
istrar, shall send from the table any student who shall conduct 
improperly. 

In case of the sickness or absence of any member of the Fac- 
ulty, the members remaining shall supply the temporary deficiency. 



CHAPTER IV. 

^tll^ 1 11 1 s . 

Section I. — Admission into College. 

Students of the College may be either candidates or not can- 
dates for a degree. All however shall be subject to the same laws, 
equally entitled to any certificate of stending which they may have 
deserved, and liable to the same punishments for trangression 
of the laws. 



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Opportunity shall also be offered to any person of good charac- 
ter, who may wish it, to attend any separate course of study un- 
der such regulations as the Faculty may prescribe. 

No student shall be admitted for matriculation unless he bring 
suitable testimonials of good moral character ; and, if he comes 
from another College, he must also bring a certificate of honorable 
dismission from that Institution. 

Any needy student for the Christian ministry, wishing to have 
any part of his College charges remitted, must present to the 
President at the time of his admission, or at the beginning of a 
term, a certificate of church membership of recent date and the 
approval of the church (or an equivalent according to the usage 
of the denomination to which he belongs) of his design respecting 
the ministry : and to retain this privilege of remitted charges, 
he must exhibit such diligence in study, and such propriety of 
deportment, as is suitable in one designing to enter that sacred 
ofiice. 

Every student should be at least fourteen years of age before 
he enters the College, in any department of study. 

The form of matriculation is as follows : — A student who wishes 
to become a member of the College, must first present his testi- 
monials to the President, who, if satisfied with his evidence of 
good character, will admit him as a candidate for examination, 
and direct him to the officers by whom he is to be examined for 
admission. After his examination he shall procure and read the 
laws of the College. He will then again call upon the President 
and sign the following declaration : 

" If^e, whose names are underwritten, being admitted as students in 
the Columbian College in the District of Colimibia, have read ivith care 
the Laivs of said College, and do 'hereby promise to obey them, so long 
as we are members of the College. This declaration ive make on our 
honor." 

On receiving a certificate of matriculation, he must call upon 
the Registrar of the College, enter his name, &c., and settle his 
bills for the term : the Registrar will then direct him to the prop- 
er officer to select his room. At the beginning of each term, and 
on his return after an absence of more than one week, he shall in 
like manner call upon the Registrar. 



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Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, in order to ob- 
tain admission to the Freshman Class, must sustain an examina- 
tion in the following studies : 

English Grammar. 

Modern Geography. 

Arithmetic. 

Algebra, to Quadratic Equations. 

Davies' Legendre, tlrst three books. 

Sophocles' or Kuhner's Greek Grammar. 

Jacob's or Felton's Greek Reader. 

?i.enophon's Anabasis, first two books. 

Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar. 

CaDsar's Commentaries. 

Cicero's Select Orations. 

A'^irgil. 

For admission to the Course required for the Degree of Mas- 
ter of Arts, students are examined in the Books above mentioned. 
For entrance upon the Course prescribed for the Degree of Bache- 
lor of Philosophy, students are subjected to an examination in 
the studies already named, with the exception of the Ancient Lan- 
guages, and, also, in two additional books of Davies' Legendre. 

Candidates for an advanced standing in any class must be ex- 
amined in all the studies which have been required of the class 
that they propose to enter. 

Students Avho pursue a Select Course must undergo the same 
examination as is required for admission to the Course of Bache- 
lor of Philosophy ; and, if they propose to study an Ancient 
Language, they must also sustain in that Language the examina- 
tion prescribed for candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. 

Each Professor is the examiner in his own department, and is 
charged with the duty of seeing these requirements fulfilled ; but 
any member of the Faculty may be present at these examinations. 

The regular Examinations for admission to College are held on 
Monday and Tuesday of Commencement week, and on the Mon- 
day and Tuesday which immediately precede the opening of the 
Session. 

Each student on his admission into College shall pay $10 for 
entrance, and 25 cents for a copy of these laws ; and at the be- 



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ginning of each Collegiate term the following amounts for the 
term : for tuition 1^25 ; for instruction in Modern Languages, un- 
til otherwise provided for, ^2 50 ; room rent, library, and atten- 
dance, $10 ; and for board, fuel and lights, and for damages to the 
building, &;c., and for incidental expenses, charged as by law on 
the average made, a sufficient amount to cover the term. Every 
parent, not residing near the College, should also deposit with the 
Registrar an amount sufficient to pay the expenses of a student 
home in case of illness or other necessary cause. Students are 
expected to provide the furniture for their rooms ; if it be furnished 
by the College, there will be a charge of ^10 for those who board 
in College, or |56 for day students ; but no student is allowed to 
furnish his own fuel : this is done by the College at cost. 

No abatement for absence is made in the bill for board for less 
than one month, or in any other College bill for less than one 
term; — except in case of protracted illness. No student can change 
either his studies or board during the term. 

The students, on leaving their rooms at the close of each term, 
and whenever absent from any room more than two days, and 
those having charge of the Society rooms, shall deliver the keys 
of the rooms, respectively to the Registrar. In any instance of 
neglecting to do this, the student or students chargeable with such 
neglect, shall pay the value of the lock and key of the room in 
question. 

Section II. — Miseellaneous Regulations. 

It shall be the duty of all students to attend punctually and 
respectfully, at the appointed hours, the exercises of daily College 
prayers, and other religious services directed by the President or 
Faculty ; to '■^Remember the Sahhath day, to heep it holy ;" and 
regularly to attend every Sabbath morning, such particular place 
of Divine Worship, as may be chosen by themselves, or by their 
parents or guardians. On Sabbath night they must attend relig- 
ious service at the College Chapel, when such service shall be 
appointed. But any student may for sufficient reasons be occa- 
sionally excused by the President, or in his absence by one of the 



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Professors, to attend either morning or night other places of wor- 
ship. 

The Faculty shall take such measures as they may deem mosc 
convenient and effectual, to ascertain all absentees from any of 
the College exercises, either in the week or on Lord's-days, and 
particularly shall cause a roll to be regularly kept, and called as 
often as they shall deem it expedient ; and the absentees shall be 
reported to the Faculty, at least once in every week, and to the 
Trustees, as often as required : but in no case shall voluntary 
neglect be suffered to pass with impunity. 

A Merit Book shall be kept by the Faculty, in which a record 
of the conduct of the students shall be preserved, their presence 
or absence from any of the prescribed exercises — their excuses for 
absences, and whether satisfactory or otherwise — particular in- 
stances of impropriety noted — and damages, when the individual 
to whom imputable is known — and whatever may contribute to 
show the real character of each student. 

No student shall associate with vicious company ; attend the 
theatre or any such place ; visit any bar-room or similar estab- 
lishment ; or visit any hotel but for special and adequate reasons. 
No student is allowed to have at his command any deadly weapon 
or gunpowder; any cards or other means of gambling; any in- 
toxicating liquor ; or to be guilty of contention, falsehood, intem- 
perance, profaneness, or any species of immorality. Nor shall 
horses or dogs be kept by students for their private use or pleasure. 

All unnecessary noise or disturbance about the College build- 
ings or premises, is strictly prohibited ; and, during the regular 
hours for study, no student shall be unnecessarily absent from his 
room, or use any instrument of music. 

No student shall, for any cause, ring the College bell, or cause 
it to be rung, or go upon the roof of the building, without special 
permission. 

Every student is required to treat the officers of the College, 
his fellow students, and all other persons, with respect ; and, in 
every way, to maintain an honorable and gentlemanly deportment. 

Whenever it shall be the pleasure of a member of the Faculty 
to enter the room of a student, it shall be the duty of such stu- 



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dent to throw open his door without a moment's delay, and receive 
him respectfully. 

He shall not remove from the room which shall have heen as- 
signed him, or lodge in any other room, without permission. 

In case of vexatious deportment towards his room-mate, or any 
other adequate cause, a student shall he subject to the forfeiture 
of the room he may occupy, and be removed to such other as the 
Faculty may assign. 

No student shall enter the room of another student at any time 
without his permission. 

Any member of the Faculty shall have power at all times to 
order students to go to their own rooms ; and it shall be the duty 
of every student, in such case, to obey the order without delay. 

A person expelled or suspended from the College, shall not be 
suffered to enter upon the College premises without express per- 
mission from the President or the Faculty ; nor shall it be lawful 
for any student to associate with him. 

Every student shall pay strict attention to cleanliness in his 
person, in his room, and in relation to every part of the College 
buildings. He is prohibited from spitting on the floor, and from 
driving nails in any part of the edifice ; nor shall he throw from 
any window, water or anything else whatever. 

No camphene or burning fluid is allowed in the College building. 
No student shall throw a stone or any thing else, within one hun- 
dred yards of any building upon the College premises. 

No student shall at any time smoke a pipe or cigar, in any of 
the halls or public rooms of the College, nor in any bed chamber, 
nor in or near any of the out-buildings on the College premises, 
or use tobacco in any form in a recitation room, or in the College 
Chapel. 

No student shall make or write any marks or words upon the 
College edifice, furniture, out-buildings, palings, fences or trees, 
or in any way cut or deface the same, or post any bills or notices 
otherwise than in the place assigned for that purpose. And no 
student shall remove or in any way deface any notice which shall 
be duly posted in College. 

Students are not allowed to engage in any sport or play on the 
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campus or walk upon the grass thereof, except on the play-grounds 
directly north of the College building. 

Damages done to a room, furniture, or to any part of the build- 
ings or premises, shall be repaired, and charged to the person to 
whom it is fairly assignable : and damages done on any of the 
premises, when the authors are unknown, shall be assessed on the 
students. 

Every student shall maintain a sacred respect for the property 
of persons living adjacent to the College. He shall not enter 
upon their ground, nor do any injury to their possessions, on any 
pretext whatever. 

No Clubs or Societies shall be formed in the College, for any 
purpose whatever, unless a statement of the design of such asso- 
ciations, with the rules by which they are desirous of being gov- 
erned, and their hours of meeting, be previously submitted to the 
Faculty, and receive their approbation ; and such associations 
shall at all times be subject to the directions of the Faculty, and 
no public meeting of the students can be held without permission 
from the President or Faculty. 

No student shall absent himself from College during term-time, 
on any account, without permission from the President ; or leave 
the College building after ten o'clock at night, or the College 
premises on the Sabbath, except for worship, as before provided, 
without permission from the President or from one of the Faculty. 

No student shall enter any apartment of the Steward or take 
any provision therefrom, for any cause, without permission : and 
no meal, except at the usual time and place, shall be required 
from the Steward, unless when sickness shall render special atten- 
tions proper ; nor shall any provisions be taken to the room of 
any student from the Steward's department, except in case of sick- 
ness. Students shall strictly observe the rules of the dining-hall. 

No student shall, while at College, contract any debt or loan 
money to a fellow student, without the President's permission. 

If any student, when required to give evidence in cases of vio- 
lation of the laws of the College, shall receive any kind of perse- 
cution or manifestation of ill will in consequence thereof, all such 
treatment shall be deemed a contempt of the Faculty. 



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No student can, under any circumstances, be allowed to be con- 
cerned in any combination to resist the laws of the College ; or 
in any way or for any cause to treat an officer of the College with 
disrespect. 

The laws of the College extend over the whole period of the 
Collegiate year — no portion of any week being exempted therefrom. 
From eleven o'clock until evening study-hours, on Saturday, is 
allowed to the Literary Societies and to recreation ; but no stu- 
dent is allowed to leave Washington, or to go more than five miles 
from the College during that time, without permission previously 
obtained. 

All excuses required by the laws of the College must be rendered 
when possible, within twenty-four hours. The records of the Col- 
lege Officer should not be altered after that time. 

A numerical mark of demerit is given from one to ten for vio- 
lations of College laws. When any student has fifty marks of 
demerit his parents or guardians will be informed of it ; and when 
he shall have one hundred such marks for any one term, or one 
hundred and fifty for any one year, he must leave the Institution. 

In addition to demerit marks, violations of College laws may 
subject the transgressor to be admonished either privately or pub- 
licly, or to suspension or expulsion as the Faculty may think nec- 
essary from the nature or circumstances of the offence. 

Any student is entitled to an honorable dismission, at any time, 
according to his actual standing, provided his College bills are 
fully discharged ; and provided, if a minor, he has the written 
sanction of his parent or guardian ; which written sanction shall 
be left with the President ; but no student, who resists College law, 
or who endeavors to influence other members of the Institution 
against either the Officers or the laws of the College, can be hono- 
rably dismissed. 

Section III. — Studies. 

The following shall be the regular course of study in the Col- 
lege ; subject, however, to such changes as the Trustees shall at 
any time consider important. 



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FOE THE DEGEEE OF BACPIELOE OF AETS. 

Arithmetic reviewed, Algebra, Plane and Solid Geomety, Greek, 
Latin, Ancient Geography and History. 

^0;£3l2.0S33.0>X'© CJl^,®^. 

Plane and Solid Geometry, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, 
Descriptive Geometry, Shades, Shadows, and Perspective, Sur- 
veying and Levelling, Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, 
Rhetoric, Greek, Latin and either French or German. 

Analytical Geometry, Differential and Integral Calculus, Chemistry, 
Physiology, Natural Philosophy, Natural History, Rhetoric, 
Logic, Greek, Latin and advanced French or German. 

Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Geology, Mineralogy, Intellec- 
tual, Moral and Political Philosophy, Greek, and Latin. 



EOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR, OF PHILOSOPHY. 

FIRST YEAR. 

Arithmetic reviewed, Algebra, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, 
Geometry, Mensuration, Surveying and Levelling, Topography, 
Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, with Rhetoric and the French 
or German Languages. 

SECOND YEAR. 

Analytical and Descriptive Geometry, Chemistry, Physiology, Mod- 
ern Languages, Logic, Rhetoric, Mechanics, Zoology, as in the 
Junior Year for A. B. 

THIRD YEAR. 

Natural Philosophy, Geology, Mineralogy, Astronomy, Intellectual, 
Moral and Political Philosophy, as in the Senior Year for A. B. 
The studies for this Degree may be modified in individual cases, 

provided that not less than this amount of study is required. 



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FOR THE DEGREE OE MASTER OF ARTS. 

Not less than the following amount of study shall be required 
for this Degree : 

Greek. — Two books of Thucydides and Plato (Lewis' edition) against 
the Atheists. 

Latin. — 21st and 22d books of Livy, (or, the Epistles of Horace) ; 
the Andria and Adelphi of Terence, (or, Select Satires of 
Juvenal) ; and the first book of Cicero's Tusculan Dis- 
putations. 

Mathematics. — The Course for the Degree of Bachelor of Philoso- 
phy reviewed ; Courtnay's Calculus completed ; Her- 
schel's Astronomy (larger edition), or, Bartlett's Analyt- 
ical Mechanics. 

Natural Science. — Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (last edition, 1851), 
or, one of the following elective studies ; Regnault's 
Chemistry; Golding Bird's Natural Philosophy ; Gray's 
Botanical Text Book. 

Rhetoric. — Kames' Elements of Criticism ; Dissertations and Decla- 
mation. 

3Ioral and Intellectual Philosophy. — Stewart's Active and Moral Pow- 
ers ; or, Cousin's Review of Locke on the Understand- 
ing; or, Butler's Analogy. 

Political Philosophy. — English Constitution ; or, Liternational Law. 
Also, a second Modern Language. 

This Degree may be conferred in Course, also, upon Bachelors 
of Arts, graduates of this College, who have made such attain- 
ments in any Branch of Professional study as the Faculty may 
deem equivalent to the Academic studies above required. 

During the courses of study above named, the students shall be 
exercised regularly in Translations, Original Composition and 
Declamation, at such times as the Faculty may think most suita- 
ble ; provided that any young man, not studying for a Degree may 
be excused from these exercises, if he shall not thereby be left 
with unoccupied time in College, 

Students may, by permission from the President, obtain from 
any College officer instruction additional to that required by the 



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rules ; provided it shall not interfere with their regular studies. 
For this he shall make such remuneration as shall be agreed upon ; 
but no student shall, during term time, place himself under the 
instruction of any person not belonging to the Faculty, without 
express permission from the President or Faculty. 

In connexion with the regular studies of the College, the ad- 
vantages of an attendance upon Congress, upon the lectures at 
the Smithsonian Institution, etc., are great : and in order that 
they may be fully secured without detriment to the essential du- 
ties of a College student, all such attendance must be under the 
direction of the Faculty and have the special attention of the 
Professor of Rhetoric — and before leaving the College for any 
such purpose the student must obtain permission from the Presi- 
dent or Faculty. All requests for this permission must, when 
possible, be made through the Professor of Rhetoric. 



EXAMINATIONS. 

The daily examinations are designed to test the fidelity of the 
student and to impart all needed instruction to the class. 

Every student is required to make choice of his studies imme- 
diately upon the commencement of the term, to present himself 
at the first exercise, and punctually to attend all the exercises 
pertaining to his course. 

Students must repair to and return from all recitations orderly 
and without unnecessary noise or disturbance. A book shall be 
kept, in which shall be entered, in numbers from to 10, the 
value of each recitation, all absences, tardiness, inattention or 
disturbance in connexion with the recitation. 

At the close of each term there shall be a regular and thorough 
examination of all students for a degree or certificate, and the 
standing of each student shall be noted in numbers from to 10, 
which, together with the term standing in study and conduct, shall 
be sent to the parents or guardians. Monthly reports shall also 
be sent to parents or guardians of the monthly standing of each 
student. 



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No student shall be advanced with his class, who shall not re- 
ceive an average of at least five on all his studies, or who shall 
fall below four on any one study. 

The regular studies of the Senior class shall terminate at least 
one month previous to Commencement ; but they shall not be ex- 
cused from College study hours until duly prepared for the Com- 
mencement exercises. 

As an incentive to diligence and a reward of successfuFeffort, 
the Faculty may confer, either in College, at Commencement or 
on some other public occasion, such distinctions and prizes as they 
may deem best calculated to promote the objects of the Institution. 



CHAPTER V. 




The Commencement shall be on the last Wednesday in June of 
of each year. 

No Degree, whether literary or honorary, shall be granted, ex- 
cept by a mandamus from the Trustees of the College. 

No student shall receive either of the three Degrees from this Col- 
lege (except as honorary Degrees) who shall not have been found 
duly qualified according to the laws of the College. This shall be 
determined by careful, thorough examination. For each diploma 
the student shall pay six dollars. 

It shall be the duty of each student to perform the part or 
parts which the President or the Faculty may appoint in the Com- 
mencement exercises. He shall make out a fair copy of his per- 
formance as soon after the final examination as consistent with due 
care in the composition. He must improve and rehearse his speech 
to the satisfaction of the Professor of Rhetoric — and when com- 
plete, subject it to the examination of the President before delive- 



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ry ; and he shall be at liberty to introduce nothing which he shall 
have been instructed to expunge, or that shall not have been pre- 
viously submitted. 

It shall also be the duty of every student to attend in the pub- 
lic procession. The violation of any of these regulations shall ren- 
der a candidate liable to lose his Degree that year. 

No student shall be admitted to the honors of the College, until 
all his accounts shall have been settled. 

The second Degree in the Arts may be conferred in Course upon 
Bachelors of Arts, graduates of this College, who have made such 
attainments in any Branch of Professional study as the Faculty 
may deem equivalent to the Academic studies before required. 

Applications for the second Degree must be made to the Presi- 
dent in writing, and six dollars for the diploma must be paid, at 
least two weeks before the Commencement. 

Such persons as the Trustees shall approve, may be admitted 
ad eundem ; and all such honorary Degrees shall be conferred in 
the Arts, Divinity, Medicine, or Law, as they shall consider ad- 
visable, and shall direct. 

Every diploma shall be signed by the President and Professors 
of the College, and also by the President, Secretary, and such 
members of the Board of Trustees as shall be found convenient. 



CHAPTER VI. 

A regular catalogue of the books belonging to this Institution 
shall be kept, -with a record of the donors' names, as far as they 
can be ascertained, and the fair value of each book annexed. 

The Faculty of the College shall at all times have the use of 
the Library, which shall be extended also to other oiEcers of the 
College, and members of the Board of Trustees, subject to such 



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regulations as tile Committee of the Trustees shall adopt. The use 
of the Library shall be subject to such other modifications and re- 
strictions, as the Faculty shall from time to time think proper, and 
the Committee approve. 

It shall be the duty of the Librarian to attend at such stated 
times as shall be proposed by the Faculty and approved by the 
Committee, and preserve a regular account of the books which 
may be taken or returned. 

No student shall be at liberty to remove any book without the 
express permission of the Librarian, or some officer of the College 
acting as his substitute ; nor, when taken, shall he lend it to ano- 
ther, or remove it from the premises of the College, without per- 
mission, under a penalty of one dollar for each offence, and pay- 
ment of all damage that may arise. 

It shall be the duty of each student, to take special care of 
every book that he may take out of the Library, and he shall always 
be charged for any injury it may receive while in his possession. 

No student shall be permitted to take out more than two volumes 
at a time. 

Folios may be retained four weeks, quartos three, octavos two, 
and all other volumes only one week ; but they may at any time 
be renewed on the record of the Librarian, provided no other stu- 
dent has applied for the same. 

No student shall enter the Library, except by permission ; and 
every student shall retire orderly whenever the Librarian shall 
give direction. No student shall take down or put up a book 
without permission of the Librarian. 

All books, without exception, shall be returned to the Library, 
one week before each vacation, and the Librarian, six days before 
each vacation, shall report to the Faculty, all books remaining out, 
and to whom loaned. 



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CHAPTER VII. 

There shall be one vacation of three months from Commence- 
ment until the last Wednesday in September. Between the First 
and the Second Terms there shall be no vacation. 

Every student shall be responsible for his moral deportment 
during vacations, in the same manner as during term time. 

The College building shall be closed the day after Commence- 
ment, and no student can remain during vacation but by permis- 
sion from the President. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



There shall be a Registrar and Steward who shall reside in the 
College buildings, and superintend the general provisions and ac- 
commodations of the students. He shall collect all dues from 
students to the College, and promptly pay over the same to the 
persons authorized to receive them ; as an officer of discipline, 
he shall daily report to the President all violations of the laws of 
the College, which may come within his knowledge ; and he shall 
perform such other duties, relating to the College buildings and 
premises, as the Trustees shall direct. 

All persons employed as servants in the College shall be under 
his direction, and it shall be his duty to see that everything is 
executed for the accommodation of students which may be requir- 
ed by the laws or directed by the Trustees ; but in no case shall 
be allow the servants to be directed or disciplined by the students. 

He shall frequently (and always when a student first enters and 



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when he finally leaves a room) visit all the rooms and apartments 
of the College, to guard against any injury or danger to the prem- 
ises, to report any damages which he may discover to have been 
done ; and he shall use his utmost exertions at all times to pre- 
serve every part of the buildings, premises, and other property, 
in the best condition possible. 

At least one week before the close of the Annual Session, he 
shall make out and submit to the Committee of the Trustees, a 
full statement of the condition of his department, and shall par- 
ticularly state all amounts still due to the College, and all liabili- 
ties of his department not yet paid. He shall also, at any time, 
furnish such statement of his department or of any particular 
thereof, as shall be required for the use of the Trustees or of the 
President of the College. 



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